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April Fools' Day Shenanigans at Craftsman and Wolves and Bluestem Brasserie

If you feel like playing around this Saturday April 1st (April Fools’ Day)—and I’m not talking about telling people you’re pregnant or you won the lottery or other tomfoolery—you may want to consider swinging by one of the four ~CRAFTSMAN AND WOLVES~ locations and order a…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 28, 2017

Two Sisters Bar and Books Is Closing, But They're Launching Les Arceaux in Berkeley

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Two Sisters Bar and Books Is Closing, But They're Launching Les Arceaux in Berkeley

Regulars at TWO SISTERS BAR AND BOOKS will be sorry to learn the duo is moving on from their little San Francisco library/bar nest. They opened in 2011 and have become quite the hideout for the neighborhood. It ends up they have been looking for a place in the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 28, 2017

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(Sponsored): Wine Trade and Media, You're Invited to a Global Comparative Tasting with Washington State Wine

Attention wine trade, restaurant industry, and media! Join us next Thursday April 6th when Washington State Wine comes to Oakland for a Trade and Media Seminar at Sunset Magazine’s Headquarters in Jack London Square from 11am-12:30pm, with lunch provided. This is a global comparative tasting of riesling, syrah,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 28, 2017

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510 News: LocoL Bakery Opens, The Star to Alameda, Sláinte Bar, and Berkeley Updates

Word up, the LocoL crew is opening LOCOL BAKERY this Friday March 31st and will be feeding their neighborhood affordable and well-prepared items like their line of bunnzz (plain, buttery, or egg and cheese), pizza (whole or by the slice), chili, salads, and coffee for a buck, plus green juice…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 28, 2017

Tequila Mockingbird Opens in SoMa, Noble Savage Replacing The Residence

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Tequila Mockingbird Opens in SoMa, Noble Savage Replacing The Residence

Here are a couple of watering holes where you’ll be able to pull up a stool. First up, Dennis Leary (behind bars House of Shields, Natoma Cabana, Rx, and Cafe Terminus) is opening TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD in the former DaDa space in SoMa (which moved to Post Street). Considering Leary’…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 28, 2017

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March 28, 2017 - This week's tablehopper: the hopper is ready to Thai one on.

This week's tablehopper: the hopper is ready to Thai one on. One of the best abalone dishes I have ever had at Atelier Crenn at a lunch last week with the Basque Culinary Center. The Monterey Bay abalone was thinly sliced and topped with toasted seaweed, aioli, and…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 27, 2017

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This week's tablehopper: the hopper is ready to Thai one on.

Buongiorno! You feeling some spring fever? I was so happy to be in Wine Country over the weekend—the fields are blankets of green velvet and everything is blooming, it’s all so lush. Saturday I drove to Petaluma for a class on California cheese at the Artisan Cheese Festival—…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 27, 2017

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Piccino Team Opening a New Dogpatch Project This Summer: Noon All Day

Some great news for Dogpatch—the Piccino family (owners Margherita Stewart Sagan and Sher Rogat and director of operations Kerry Glancy) are busy working on the opening of a new project, NOON ALL DAY, slated to open this summer at 690 Indiana. It will be flanking Esprit Park and the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 21, 2017

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Coming Soon: Kuma, a Neighborhood Sushi Spot (with Pink Zebra's Ryo Sakai)

If you have ever had the opportunity to sit at chef Ryo Sakai’s counter while he was making sushi at the now-closed Pink Zebra or at Domo in Hayes Valley, you’ll be happy to hear he has partnered with longtime friend Cory Jackson to open a restaurant for…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 21, 2017

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Openings Include Two Taquerias, a Russian Spot, The Epicurean Trader, Smitten

There are a couple of new taquerias that have opened up, starting with LITTLE TAQUERIA in the Inner Richmond. Tacos are $3.50 each, burritos are $9, and platos are $11 (served with rice and beans). You can peek at a menu here, which lists options like slow-simmered beef, lechon…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 21, 2017